Intel

A group of CIA analysts who had come to the conclusion that the Covid virus likely originated in a Wuhan, China lab were paid to skew their assessments, a whistleblower told Congress. Read More.

In 2019 China’s leading space corporation, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), was behind a proposal to create “an Earth-Moon economic zone by 2050” that could generate $10 trillion. Read More.

Chinese advancements in nanotechnology and biotechnology raise new concerns about dual-use, civilian-military applications to produce genetically engineered pathogens for biological warfare, including difficult-to-trace bioweapons, according to reporting by open-source intelligence analysts. Read More.

Hackers sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) carried out dozens of recent cyberattacks against organizations in Taiwan, according to a report by computer software giant Microsoft. Read More.

With over 2 million active military members, communist China has the world’s largest fighting force. China has spent decades building advanced weapon systems for its forces, but a key weakness remains — a lack of war-fighting experience. Read More.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin needs to produce some good news for the Russian people, at least to offer some contrast with his disastrous war against Ukraine that has isolated Russia from most of the civilized world. Read More.

Despite U.S. artificial intelligence advances in weaponry, Russia is thus far winning the drone war in Ukraine, an analyst said. Read More.

North Korea used its large July 27 parade marking the 70th Anniversary of the 1953 Korean War Armistice to reveal three unmanned weapon systems: the “Haeil” large unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); the Morning Star-4 large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the Morning Star-9 UAV. Read More.

The CIA is still working to rebuild its spy networks in China following the loss of as many as 30 recruits inside the communist country more than a decade ago. Read More.

The communist regime in Beijing announced earlier this month that, starting on Aug. 1, it will impose restrictions on the export of two rare-earth minerals that are key to manufacturing advanced semiconductors. Read More.

In the same week China revealed that it had tested (12 years after first flying) a new “full power” variant of its Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) 5th generation air superiority fighter, the United States Lockheed-Martin Corporation offered a revealing indication of its candidate for the United States Air Force’s 6th generation fighter. Read More.

In what analysts say is a sign that U.S. lawmakers lack confidence in the Pentagon's preparations for a military clash with China, the House Armed Services Committee gave Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin six months to produce a report to Congress on how the American military could conduct one or more naval blockades on fuel shipments to China during a war. Read More.

In a classic public-relations bungle, a June 9 leak by “U.S. officials” to the Wall Street Journal said that “China and Cuba have reached a secret agreement for China to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island.” Read More.

The United States developed a bomb, the GBU-57, specifically to be able to destroy Iran’s underground nuclear facility at Fordow. Also known as the Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP), the 14,000kg precision-guided bomb can burrow through 60 meters of earth and rock before detonating. Iran’s response was to dig even deeper. Read More.

China’s Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) may be developing a novel design short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) multi-role fighter that could fill a longstanding gap in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ambitions to build a military force capable of greater global power projection. Read More.